VICTOR HUGO The History of a Crime Napoleon III Late 1800s Hurst

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THE HISTORY OF A CRIME

The Testimony of an Eye-witness

by VICTOR HUGO

N Y: HURST & CO, Late 1800s early 1900s. Hardcover


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Victor-Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: [vikt?? ma?i y'go]) (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rightsactivist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France.

In France, Hugo's literary fame rests not only upon his novels, but also upon his poetic and dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem, and Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris (known in English also as The Hunchback of Notre Dame).

Though a committed conservative royalist in his youth, Hugo grew liberal as the decades passed; he became a passionate supporter of republicanism, and his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon.

The History of a Crime (French: Histoire d'un crime, 1877) is a novel by Victor Hugo about Napoleon III's takeover of France.

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